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Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down

Wealthy folks who insist on dressing like they're poor

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(Newser) – Just because they have tons of money and access to the hautest of couture doesn't mean they actually have to take advantage of it. Nerve highlights richie-riches who refuse to advertise their wealth with high-class duds. (Or sometimes showers.)

  1. Amy Winehouse: Even smokes crack "just to keep it real."
  2. Courtney Love: Takes grunge a little too far.

  1. Britney Spears: Even gobs of money can't fix this hot mess.
  2. Nick Nolte: Makes the list based on mugshot alone.
  3. Pete Doherty: Always looks ready to upstage Oliver Twist (please, sir ...).
  4. Either Olsen twin: Boho style quickly downgraded to homeless chic.
Click the link below for the complete list.

British musician Pete Doherty is shown outside a court in London, in this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo, looking like he could use a handout.
British musician Pete Doherty is shown outside a court in London, in this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo, looking like he could use a handout.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen arrives at the New Yorkers for Children Gala benefiting children in foster care, on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, in New York, wearing...something...
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen arrives at the New Yorkers for Children Gala benefiting children in foster care, on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, in New York, wearing...something...   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Nick Nolte, looking fine. Or something like that.
Nick Nolte, looking fine. Or something like that.   (Getty Images)
Britney Spears reacts as a throng of celebrity photographers surround her car as she leaves court after a hearing to work out custody arrangements with Kevin Federline for their two young sons on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, in Los Angeles.
Britney Spears reacts as a throng of celebrity photographers surround her car as she leaves court after a hearing to work out custody arrangements with Kevin Federline for their two young sons on Friday,...   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, FILE)
British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, in this Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, file photo. She tops the slumming-it list.
British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, in this Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, file photo. She tops the slumming-it list.   (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)
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